Traditionalist conservatism

Traditionalist conservatism is a school of conservatism that values order as a social end, emphasizing the need for transcendent moral order, hierarchy, tradition, organic unity, agrarianism, classicism, and high culture. During the Victorian Era, conservatives were the arbiters of the status quo, enemies of change, and defenders of tradition, being reluctant to enact any reform that would change the old ways. Conservatism varied by country, with conservatism in right-wing governments often defending the crown and its values, while conservatives in liberal nations defended the ways that things had always been, defending liberal principles against more progressive views.